| 100% | OBIRI | 5 | Hellen ___, winner of the 2023 New York City Marathon |
| 88% | TOLA | 4 | Tamirat ___, winner of the 2023 New York City Marathon (men’s title) |
| 59% | RODDIXON | 8 | New Zealand athlete; 1983 winner of the New York City Marathon men’s race |
| 56% | PROKOPCUKA | 10 | Jelena —, 2005 and 2006 winner of the New York City marathon women's race |
| 53% | KENYAN | 6 | Many a New York City Marathon winner |
| 53% | SALAZAR | 7 | Three-time New York City Marathon winner |
| 53% | WAITZ | 5 | Repeat New York City Marathon winner Grete ___ |
| 53% | RAMAALA | 7 | Hendrick —, 2004 New York City Marathon winner |
| 52% | GRETE | 5 | ___ Waitz, nine-time New York City Marathon winner |
| 51% | PLAZAHOTEL | 10 | New York City setting of the "Eloise" books |
| 50% | BROOKLYN | 8 | New York City borough that is the birthplace of Vinny Testaverde |
| 50% | ROP | 3 | Rodgers —, 2002 New York City and Boston Marathon winner |
| 49% | ELMIRA | 6 | Upstate New York city south of the Finger Lakes |
| 49% | TOMSUOZZI | 9 | Winner of the 2024 special election for New York's 3rd congressional district |
| 48% | MUTAI | 5 | John —, Kenyan runner; 2007-09 winner of the Belfast City Marathon |
| 48% | BROOKLYN | 8 | New York City borough that produced all three of the rappers in this puzzle |
| 48% | CITYSTREETS | 11 | Locale for most of the New York Marathon |
| 48% | FIRE | 4 | New York City ___ Department, rivals of the NYPD in the comedy series "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" |
| 47% | ING | 3 | Multinational bank that sponsored the New York City Marathon |
| 47% | KINGSTON | 8 | New York's first capital city... or the capital city of Jamaica |
| 47% | ZOHRANMAMDANI | 13 | Winner of New York City’s 2025 Democratic mayoral primary |
| 45% | RACE | 4 | New York City Marathon, for one |
| 45% | BRONX | 5 | The —, borough of New York City |
| 45% | COCOGAUFF | 9 | Winner of the 2023 US Open |
| 45% | THEJEFFERSONS | 13 | Sitcom set in New York city that was a spin-off of "All in the Family" (2 wds.) |
| 44% | GRETE | 5 | Waitz who won the New York City Marathon a record nine times |
| 44% | BROOKLYN | 8 | The most populous borough of New York City |
| 44% | STATEN | 6 | ___ Island (borough where the New York City Marathon course begins) |
| 44% | SPAIN | 5 | Winners of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup |
| 44% | BRONX | 5 | The —, northernmost borough of New York City |